Grace's Vocab Words: •Betsie lifted it reverently from the box and held it up to the patch of light that struggled into the room over the surrounding rooftops.
Reverently: feeling or showing a deep respect, mixed with wonder, awe, and love
Betsie lifted it with a feeling of respect, wonder, awe, and love from the box and held it up to the patch of light that struggled into the room over the surrounding rooftops.
•Tante Bep, with her perpetual, disapproving scowel, was the oldest of the aunts and the one we children liked least.
Perpetual: continuing, everlasting
Tante Bep, with her everlasting, disapproving scowel, was the oldest of the aunts and the one we children liked least.
•I prodded her through the dining room door, almost treading on her heels to see Willem's reaction.
Prodded: stir up; urge on
I urged her through the dining room door, almost treading on her heels to see Willem's reaction.
•Father, his jeweler's glass in his eye, was bent over the shoulder of the newest apprentice, deftly selecting an infinitesimal part from the array before them on the workbench.
Infinitesimal: so small as to be almost nothing
Father, his jeweler's glass in his eye, was bent over the shoulder of the newest apprentice, deftly selecting extremely small part from the array before them on the workbench.
•I was standing on a chair washing the big window in the dining room, waving now and then to passerby in the alley, while in the kitchen mama peeled potatoes for lunch.
Passerby: one that passes by
I was standing on a chair washing the big window in the dining room, waving now and then to those who passed by in the alley, while in the kitchen mama peeled potatoes for lunch.
•This, though was to be a major broadcast; somehow we all felt it merited the large old set with its elaborate speaker.
Merited: to be worthy of
This, though was to be a major broadcast; somehow we all felt it was worthy of the large old set with its elaborate speaker.
•Then the Prime Minister's voice was speaking to us, sonorous and soothing.
Sonorous: full and rich in sound; an impressive sound
Then the Prime Minister's voice was speaking to us, rich and soothing.
•Up and down the Barteljorisstratt shop-owners were out on the sidewalk; there was an unaccustomed neighborhood feel as advice, rolls of adhesive, and tales of the night's terror passed from door to door.
Unaccustomed: not accustomed or habituated
Up and down the Barteljorisstratt shop-owners were out on the sidewalk; there was an unhabituated neighborhood feel as advice, rolls of adhesive, and tales of the night's terror passed from door to door.
• One store owner, an outspoken anti-Semite, was helping Weil the Jewish furrier put up boards where a pane of glass had shaken loose.
Furrier: a person who buys and sells furs, or one who makes, repairs, or cleans furs; a fur dealer or fur dresser
One store owner, an outspoken anti-Semite, was helping Weil the Jewish fur sales man put up boards where a pane of glass had shaken loose.
•The optician next door to us, a silent, withdrawn individual, came over and taped the top of our display window where Betsie and I could not reach.
Optician: a person who makes or sells eyeglasses
The person who sells eyeglasses next door to us, a silent, withdrawn individual, came over and taped the top of our display window where Betsie and I could not reach.
• Eulogies of German leaders, denunciations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
Eulogies: a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing
Praise of German leaders, denunciations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
•Eulogies of German leaders, denunciations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
Denunciation: an act of instance of denouncing; public censure or condemnation; an accusation of crime before a public prosecutor or tribuna Eulogies of German leaders, accusations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
•Christopher was the third and only other employee in the shop, a bent, wizened man who looked older than father but was in fact ten years younger.
Wizened: withered, shriveled
Christopher was the third and only other employee in the shop, a bent, withered man who looked older than father but was in fact ten years younger.
•The Van Dyvers owned the millinery shop two doors down.
Millinery: the business or trade of selling women's hats
The Van Dyvers owned the women's hat shop two doors down.
•"Not competitors, Peter!" he said reprovingly.
Reprovingly: to correct or criticize
"Not competitors, Peter!" he said criticizingly. Maggie's Vocab Words:
The Bulldog's chief delight at the Beje, after talking with father, were the tomes of Jewish theology now housed in Tante Jans's big mahogony case.
Tomes: a large book, especially one volume of a multi-volume scholarly work.
The Bulldog' chief delight at the Beje, after talking with father, were the large books of Jewish theology now housed in Tante Jans's big mahogony case
He regarded sermons as interesting only to venerable relics like his mother and me.
Venerable: commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity.
He rgarded sermons as interesting only to command respect relics like his mother and me.
Their chief work, I gleaned from bits of conversation, was liaison with England and the Free Dutch froces fighting elsewhere on the continent.
Gleaned: to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit
Their chief work, I gathered slowly and laboriously from bits of conversation, was liaison with England and the Free Dutch froces fighting elsewhere on the continent.
A tuft of hair grew from her chin.
Tuft: a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends
A bunch or cluster of small hair grew from her chin.
Meyer Mossel, he told us afterward, had been cantor in the synagogue in Amsterdam.
Cantor: an official whose duty is to lead the singing in a cathedral or in a collegiate or parish church
Meyer Mossel, he told us afterward, had been an official who sings in the synagogue in Amsterdam.
People sprang to their feet, snatching up glasses and plates, scrambling for the stairs, while the cat clawed halfway up the curtain in consternation.
Consternation: a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay
People sprang to their feet, snatching up glasses and plates, scrambling for the stairs, while the cat clawed halfway up the curtain in utter confustion.
The moment Mary stepped through our door I heard the asthmatic wheezing which had made other hosts unwilling to take her in.
Asthmatic: suffering from asthma
The moment Mary stepped through our door I heard the suffering from asthma wheezing which had made other hosts unwilling to take her in.
Ostensibly we were still an elderly watchmaker living with his two spinster daughters above his tiny shop.
Ostensibly: outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
Outwardly appearing as such, we were still an elderly watchmaker living with is two spinster daughters above his tiny shop.
Mrs. Beukers was as round and placid as her husband was thin and worried, but tonight her plump face was twisted with anxiety.
Placid; pleasantly calm or peaceful
Mrs. Beukers was as round and peaceful as her husband was thin and worried, but tonight her plump face was twisted with anxiety.
I sipped the scalding tea, then struggled to my feet.
Scalding: heat or to a boiling point
I sipped the hot tea, then struggled to my feet.
3. Find five vocabulary words EACH that are unfamiliar to you.
4. Write each unfamiliar word and its sentence onto the group WIKI page.
5. Write the definition of the word underneath the sentence.
6. Rewrite the original sentence using the definition but not changing the meaning of the sentence.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 three times before Sunday, April 24.
Grace Schelble and Maggie McGauran
Reading-7th Period
April 23, 2010
Grace's Vocab Words: •Betsie lifted it reverently from the box and held it up to the patch of light that struggled into the room over the surrounding rooftops.
Reverently: feeling or showing a deep respect, mixed with wonder, awe, and loveBetsie lifted it with a feeling of respect, wonder, awe, and love from the box and held it up to the patch of light that struggled into the room over the surrounding rooftops.
•Tante Bep, with her perpetual, disapproving scowel, was the oldest of the aunts and the one we children liked least.
Perpetual: continuing, everlasting
Tante Bep, with her everlasting, disapproving scowel, was the oldest of the aunts and the one we children liked least.
•I prodded her through the dining room door, almost treading on her heels to see Willem's reaction.
Prodded: stir up; urge on
I urged her through the dining room door, almost treading on her heels to see Willem's reaction.
•Father, his jeweler's glass in his eye, was bent over the shoulder of the newest apprentice, deftly selecting an infinitesimal part from the array before them on the workbench.
Infinitesimal: so small as to be almost nothing
Father, his jeweler's glass in his eye, was bent over the shoulder of the newest apprentice, deftly selecting extremely small part from the array before them on the workbench.
•I was standing on a chair washing the big window in the dining room, waving now and then to passerby in the alley, while in the kitchen mama peeled potatoes for lunch.
Passerby: one that passes by
I was standing on a chair washing the big window in the dining room, waving now and then to those who passed by in the alley, while in the kitchen mama peeled potatoes for lunch.
•This, though was to be a major broadcast; somehow we all felt it merited the large old set with its elaborate speaker.
Merited: to be worthy of
This, though was to be a major broadcast; somehow we all felt it was worthy of the large old set with its elaborate speaker.
•Then the Prime Minister's voice was speaking to us, sonorous and soothing.
Sonorous: full and rich in sound; an impressive sound
Then the Prime Minister's voice was speaking to us, rich and soothing.
•Up and down the Barteljorisstratt shop-owners were out on the sidewalk; there was an unaccustomed neighborhood feel as advice, rolls of adhesive, and tales of the night's terror passed from door to door.
Unaccustomed: not accustomed or habituated
Up and down the Barteljorisstratt shop-owners were out on the sidewalk; there was an unhabituated neighborhood feel as advice, rolls of adhesive, and tales of the night's terror passed from door to door.
• One store owner, an outspoken anti-Semite, was helping Weil the Jewish furrier put up boards where a pane of glass had shaken loose.
Furrier: a person who buys and sells furs, or one who makes, repairs, or cleans furs; a fur dealer or fur dresser
One store owner, an outspoken anti-Semite, was helping Weil the Jewish fur sales man put up boards where a pane of glass had shaken loose.
•The optician next door to us, a silent, withdrawn individual, came over and taped the top of our display window where Betsie and I could not reach.
Optician: a person who makes or sells eyeglasses
The person who sells eyeglasses next door to us, a silent, withdrawn individual, came over and taped the top of our display window where Betsie and I could not reach.
• Eulogies of German leaders, denunciations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
Eulogies: a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing
Praise of German leaders, denunciations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
•Eulogies of German leaders, denunciations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
Denunciation: an act of instance of denouncing; public censure or condemnation; an accusation of crime before a public prosecutor or tribuna
Eulogies of German leaders, accusations of traitors and saboteurs, appeals for the unity of the "Nordic peoples."
•Christopher was the third and only other employee in the shop, a bent, wizened man who looked older than father but was in fact ten years younger.
Wizened: withered, shriveled
Christopher was the third and only other employee in the shop, a bent, withered man who looked older than father but was in fact ten years younger.
•The Van Dyvers owned the millinery shop two doors down.
Millinery: the business or trade of selling women's hats
The Van Dyvers owned the women's hat shop two doors down.
•"Not competitors, Peter!" he said reprovingly.
Reprovingly: to correct or criticize
"Not competitors, Peter!" he said criticizingly.
Maggie's Vocab Words:
- The Bulldog's chief delight at the Beje, after talking with father, were the tomes of Jewish theology now housed in Tante Jans's big mahogony case.
Tomes: a large book, especially one volume of a multi-volume scholarly work.The Bulldog' chief delight at the Beje, after talking with father, were the large books of Jewish theology now housed in Tante Jans's big mahogony case
- He regarded sermons as interesting only to venerable relics like his mother and me.
Venerable: commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity.He rgarded sermons as interesting only to command respect relics like his mother and me.
- Their chief work, I gleaned from bits of conversation, was liaison with England and the Free Dutch froces fighting elsewhere on the continent.
Gleaned: to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bitTheir chief work, I gathered slowly and laboriously from bits of conversation, was liaison with England and the Free Dutch froces fighting elsewhere on the continent.
- A tuft of hair grew from her chin.
Tuft: a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper endsA bunch or cluster of small hair grew from her chin.
- Meyer Mossel, he told us afterward, had been cantor in the synagogue in Amsterdam.
Cantor: an official whose duty is to lead the singing in a cathedral or in a collegiate or parish churchMeyer Mossel, he told us afterward, had been an official who sings in the synagogue in Amsterdam.
- People sprang to their feet, snatching up glasses and plates, scrambling for the stairs, while the cat clawed halfway up the curtain in consternation.
Consternation: a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismayPeople sprang to their feet, snatching up glasses and plates, scrambling for the stairs, while the cat clawed halfway up the curtain in utter confustion.
- The moment Mary stepped through our door I heard the asthmatic wheezing which had made other hosts unwilling to take her in.
Asthmatic: suffering from asthmaThe moment Mary stepped through our door I heard the suffering from asthma wheezing which had made other hosts unwilling to take her in.
- Ostensibly we were still an elderly watchmaker living with his two spinster daughters above his tiny shop.
Ostensibly: outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretendedOutwardly appearing as such, we were still an elderly watchmaker living with is two spinster daughters above his tiny shop.
- Mrs. Beukers was as round and placid as her husband was thin and worried, but tonight her plump face was twisted with anxiety.
Placid; pleasantly calm or peacefulMrs. Beukers was as round and peaceful as her husband was thin and worried, but tonight her plump face was twisted with anxiety.
- I sipped the scalding tea, then struggled to my feet.
Scalding: heat or to a boiling pointI sipped the hot tea, then struggled to my feet.
3. Find five vocabulary words EACH that are unfamiliar to you.
4. Write each unfamiliar word and its sentence onto the group WIKI page.
5. Write the definition of the word underneath the sentence.
6. Rewrite the original sentence using the definition but not changing the meaning of the sentence.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 three times before Sunday, April 24.
8. Link this new page to the Holocaust Homework page. Link to Holocaust Homework Page